"Rephotography has also been a useful visual method for researchers in
sociology and communication to understand social change. Three main
approaches are common -- photographs of places, participants, or
activities, functions, or processes -- with scholars examining elements
of continuity. This method is advantageous to studying social change due
to the capacity of cameras to record scenes with greater completeness
and speed, to document detailed complexities at a single time, and to
capture images in an unobtrusive manner. Repeating photographs offer 'subtle cues about the changing character of social life.'"
- posted by cjb @ 5:30 PM